1980s Paintings

Lying Nude with Signal 2(Original title: Nudo disteso con segnale 2) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original oil...

Alan Cote Sunrise - an Expression, 1981 Acrylic Polymer (Aquatec) on Canvas (hand signed twice with original Washburn Gallery label) Hand-signed by artist, S...

Red, White, and Purple - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Recurri...

Artist: Julius Njau – Tanzanian (1961- ) Title: Untitled Year: 1987 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Sight size: 27.5 x 36.5 inches. Framed size: 29 x 38 inches Signature: Signed, dated lower right Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in fair condition This colorful painting of figures is by the well-known Tanzanian artist Julius Njau. It is in very good condition and signed “Julius N” and dated 1987 in the lower right. The frame is simple unfinished wood. It has a few small scratches Tanzanian artist Julius Njau was born in 1961 Marangu, Moshi in Tanzania. He attended the Primary School Kilimanja. In 1972, a serious fracture of the leg caused him to spend two years in hospital where he began to paint and his career as an artist commenced. Julius was encouraged by a Finnish radiology specialist who supplied him with material and purchased his works. She also organized his first exhibition in Finland in 1983. The first works of Njau are very representative, inspired by the nature and the traditional aspects of his country. In 1984 his technique changed and his style transformed. Julius Njau paintings are characterised by the interaction of primary colors and the mixture of forms. Julius Njau's artworks works are part of the collection of Osaka Prefecture and Toyama Museum of Modern Art in Japan. They are also in the Frankfurt Museum of Ethnology (fur Volkerkunde), in the ZAK Gallery (Zeitgenossische afrikanische Kunst), Furth in Germany, in the Amos Anderson Helsinki Gallery, Finland, and in the 5th British Museum in England. In 2002, Julius Njau received a Nagoya City Hall Award and in 2003 the Grand Prize at the Toyama Prefecture International Competition at the "Sukiyaki Encounter the World" Poster Design Festival. Julius Njau is President and a founding member of the Marafiki group. EXHIBITIONS 1983 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland 1984 'Group Exhibition' Gallery of Denmark 1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Danish Volunteer Training Centre, Tanzania 1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Tynset, Norway 1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Gallery of Sweden 1986 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Danish Volunteer Training Centre, Tanzania 1987 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1988 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Vogue Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya 1988 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Centre culturel francais, Nairobi, Kenya 1989 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya 1990 'Into the Nineties' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1990 'Portraits of Kenya' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'Gallery Artists' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'The Custodian's View' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nairobi Safari Club, Kenya 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nagoya City Network Centre, Nagoya, Japan 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' The German Culture Centers, Goethe Institut, Nairobi, Kenya 1992 'Julius Njau One Man Show' International Gallery, Madrid, Spain 1992 'Through the Artists' Eyes' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1992 'Rafiki wa zamani' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1992 'Kenya Art...

Iridescent blue centrality is an original contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Boille in 1983. Mixed media on canvas. Had signed, dated and titled on the back. Original tile: Ce...

Artist: Scott Swezy Title: Southwestern Landscape Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 24 inches

Jeremy Gardiner (British, b. 1957) Argonauts, 1986 Oil on canvas 54 x 54 in. Framed: 55 1/2 x 55 1/2 x 3 in. Signed, dated, and titled verso Provenance: NYNEX Corporation Jeremy Gardiner’s artistic excavation of the geology of landscape is shaped both by human activity and by the forces of nature. Gardiner interprets, through his painting and printmaking, a variety of landscapes that contain the marks and secrets of their own distant formation, giving them a unique, contemporary depth and beauty. His artistic exploration has taken him from the Jurassic Coast...

"Cosmic Enzymes on the Loose" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic Bright and dynamic abstract composition by California artist Debby Beck (American, b. 1948). A field of peach, magenta, and blue makes up the background of this piece, with layers of floating shapes above it. The shapes are repeating but varied - stars, swirls, dots, and lines. There is an impression of a microscopic world, teeming with life and movement. Signed, dated, and titled on verso: Debby Beck 1983 Cosmic Enzymes on the Loose No frame Canvas size: 30"H x 36"W Debby Beck (American, b. 1948) is an artist and activist from Sunland, California. Her artwork was selected for the cover of California Quarterly Vol. 45 (California State Poetry Society). 2014 - First Prize, Glendale Art Association Fall Salon 2013 - Modest Fly...

20th Century Modern Mixed Media Triptych of Acrylic and Sand on Canvas. Signed and Dated Lower Right 1980. Bright Dynamic Abstract work known for Painted Forms that seem to Dance Off...

Acrylic on canvas painting of fishermen on the docks by Provincetown artist, William Maynard. Circa 1985. Signed lower right. The painting is housed ...

"Log Cabin Humble Beginnings" is a watercolor painting created by Barbara Kohl-Spiro. From 1984 this comes from a series of paintings based on quilt designs. This example depicts the...

Birches at spring. 1987, oil on cardboard, 24x32 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in differe...

Evening. 1981, oil on canvas, 65x70 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Sara...

Well executed geometric abstract painting.  Really good interior designers piece. Excellent condition and well framed  John Hopwood 1942-2015. He had several paintings accepted for the Royal Academy...

Très belle vue de Venise. Huile sur toile par Serge Mendjisky daté 1980. Dimensions avec le cadre: 72x122 cm. Serge Mendjisky est ne en 1929 et mort e...

Matador is a painting artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1989. Tempera and watercolor on Cardboard Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions with some foxing. Sergio...

Rita Letendre (b.1928) is one of Canada’s leading female abstract painters. While Letendre was associated with Les Automatistes in Montreal (which included Borduas, and Riopelle am...

Menashe Kadishman, Sheep head 26, acrylic on canvas, circular painting, Israeli artist, Israeli art, mythology, Bible

Ode to Roundel abstract acrylic painting. Embellished with added texture and machine sewn gold thread patterns throughout the gouache. Signed "Morgan" and titled "Ode to Roundel" low...

Green and Orange Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Bright orange and green are...

Detailed landscape by Martin Schefstrom (American, 1926-2013). Signed "M. Schefstrom" in the lower right corner. Titled "Alpine Summer", signed "Martin Schefstrom", and dated "7/87" on verso. No frame. Martin Schefstrom (American, 1926-2013) was born April 10, 1926 in Aberdeen, WA to Sven and Myrtle (Freeburg) Schefstrom. Schefstrom graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1944 and enlisted in the Navy shortly after graduation. He served on the USS Coos Bay...

Falling Feathers in Yellow and White Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Shapes resembling feathers are created out of thick paint pressed into the paper. They are floating against a red and grey background. Signed and dated at the bottom edge: R. de Silva - 86 Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg...

This black and white charcoal and pastel painting features a Burmese temple landscape. Rising from clouds of gnarled trees, the temple’s triangular shape thins to a pointed dome, wit...

Matthias Kohlmann Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition Medium: Gouache Year: 1988 Signed and dated by hand Edition: Unique Size: 13.7 × 9.4 inches COA provided Matthias Kohlmann (...

5-3546 Acrylic on artist board Set in a vintage white frame Image size 14x11"

Red Strike - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is a ...

Lakeside Cabin - Pastel and Watercolor on Paper Watercolor and pastel painting depicting two wood cabins along the lakeside. Vibrant green trees surround t...

Tulips in a vase #2. Oil on cardboard, 50 x 40 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School o...

Sun glare in warm water. 1983. Oil on cardboard, 31x24 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in d...

GEORGE PUSENKOFF (RUSSIAN Born 1953), "New Life" 1988, mixed media (paint, ribbon, Metallic foil) on canvas, 160 x 200 cm (63 x 78 3/4 in.), signed and titled verso in Cyrillic, and dated on verso, George Pusenkoff, Russian painter and installation artist, spent most of his formative years in Moscow. In his early career, Puskenoff worked predominantly with acrylic, rendering vibrant forms at various stages of abstraction, though he gave them titles that anchored them in specific narrative contexts, often referencing historical (and art-historical) subject matter, as in Kidnapping of Europe (1988) and Bronzino, Ciccolina and Yves Klein (1992). Pusenkoff painted his first digital border in 1996, simulating the 8bit look of the first computerized windows. He continued to experiment with the visual language of the computer screen, at times using just the browser window bar as an abstracted geometrical form. He invokes famous icons of modern art such as Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square or Piet Mondrian’s reduced geometric paintings and transfers them into a new aesthetic. In 1996, Pusenkoff painted his version of Andy Warhol’s take on the iconic Renaissance Da Vinci...

Oil Painting by David Euler, realized in 1986. Henri Matisse fascinated me with his ability to capture fruit in its essence. Not like a hyper realism photo-like oil painting, his st...

Emilio Trad (né en 1953) Paris, Saint-Martin canal, c. 1989 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 25,5 x 31,5 inch Emilio Trad, an artist of Lebanese origin bo...

Beautiful vivid painting of an old town Pacific Grove by Monterey artist Deitra "Dee" Hahn Steiner (American, b. 1948). Circa 1980. Signed lower left "De...

At the center of this large-scale black and white charcoal and pastel painting, a diver launches himself from untold heights, frozen at the peak of action against an ecstatic plume of clouds. Zalopany excels at painting with light, often abstracting areas of a composition with explosions of brush strokes and impossibly smooth blending. The cloud mass at the center of Diver is at once a liquid pool and O’Keefe’s Jimson Weed...

Original work by Antoni Tàpies From 1987 Acquisition by Antoni Tàpies' son, Toni Tàpies with certificate of authenticity issued by Fundació Antoni Tàpies Optical glass Recently f...

Executed in black, grey and brown, this monumental charcoal and pastel painting conveys the mythic drama and beauty of an active volcano. Rising in the shape of a wide, low cone, the...

Vivid abstract geometric landscape of Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds and Painted Desert by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), 1989. Signed lower right "Loran '89." Estate stamp on verso. Unframed. Image size: 60"H x 52"W. Erle Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art under the direction of Cameron Booth...

Artist: Bruce Richards – American (1948-) Title: Landmark Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 62 x 36 inches. Framed size: 64 x 38 inches Signature: Signed, dated, titled en verso Condition: Very good This painting has a wonderful presence. I believe it is from Richards’ “Change in the Weather Series”. The sky and the figure in the painting change in various paintings in the series. This is a relatively peaceful figure (sword at side) and fair sky (blue, no clouds). Other works from this series are more turbulent. Richards is an uncommon artist whose work is both conceptually and aesthetically engaging. The sky in this painting has a beautiful luminosity and depth. The painting measures 62” x 36” (64” x 38” framed). It is composed of oil on canvas and is in very good condition. The frame is also in good condition and works well with the painting. Education: 1970 B.A., University of California, Irvine 1973 M.F.A., University of California, Irvine Awards & Fellowships: 1998-1999 Visual Arts Fellowship, Artist Fellowship Program, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA 1997-98 Individual Fellowship, Cultural Grants Program, City of Los Angeles, (C.O.L.A.), Los Angeles, CA 1992 Commissioned Artist, Graphics Arts Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1984 First Award, 8th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, Ed Ruscha, Juror,Los Angeles, CA 1976 Visual Arts Fellowship, Visual Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. As Group Exhibitions occur more frequently they have been listed ahead of the Solo Exhibition list: Selected Group Exhibitions 2016-17 "SHAME- 100 Reasons for Turning Red", Deutsches Hygiene -Museum Dresden, Germany 2016 'SKIN', Los Angeles Muncipal Art Gallery, curated by Scott Canty and Isabelle Lutterodt 2014 "Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present", Leila Heller Gallery, co curated by Paul Morris and Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, NY "A Glimpse into This Side of Paradise", Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, curated by Manon Slome, New York, NY 2013 "Lust Letters", Coagula, LosAngeles, CA "Letters from Los Angeles" ( expanded), Los Angeles Art Fair exhibition, Los Angeles, CA 2012 "Letters from Los Angeles, Text in Art", Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA "This Side of Paradise", No Longer Empty, Andrew Freedman House, Curated by Manon Slome, Bronx, NY 2011 "Best Kept Secret, UC Irvine and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California 1964 - 1971", P.S.T exhibit, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA "The Lords + the New Creatures", Nye + Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010 "Open Kitchen", Da Gallery, Chelsea, NY “Pyschedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960’s” curated by David Rubin, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (catalog) “Collecting California, Selections from Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog) 2009 “Ship of Fools”, No Longer Empty, Chelsea Hotel, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Manon Slome, Chelsea, NY “4 Artists”, Kips Gallery, New York. “Contemporary Confrontations 2009”, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY “The Art of Democracy”, The New York Society of Etchers, The National Arts Club, New York, NY 2008 “Occult”, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy “The Toy Show”, Hunsaker / Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA 2007 “Tattoo Flash”, Saved Tattoo, curated by Scott Campbell, Brooklyn, NY “POPcentric”, Gering & LoPez, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Sandra Gering, New York, NY 2004 “Disturbing the Peace”, Danese, New York, NY “Shakespeare as Muse”, curated by Josine Ianco –Starrels, Schneider Museum of Art, South Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR 1998 "City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist's Grants, 97-98," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park,Los Angeles, CA 1997 "End of the Century: Prints Since 1970 from the Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1994 "Printmaking on the Westcoast," Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, CA 1993 "Intersections: Art and Play," The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA 1991 "Individual Realities in the California Art Scene," Sezon Museum of Art,Tokyo, Japan 1984 "California Drawings," Modernism, San Francisco, CA 1981 "Abstraction in Los Angeles,1950 - 1980" Selections from the Ruth and Murray Gribin Collection," Fine Arts Gallery, California State Univ.,Northridge, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA 1979 "Black and White are Colors: Paintings of the 1950's - 1970's," Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA 1978 "Southern California Styles of the 60's and 70's," La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA 1977 "Abstract Painting: A Selected Exhibition," Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA 1976 "Los Angeles," Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 1973 "Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments," La Jolla Museum of Art (now San Diego Museum of Art), La Jolla, CA "Market Street Program," Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA Solo Exhibitions: 2014 "Bruce Richards: Future/Past" Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, LA, CA 2013 "Bruce Richards: The Scenery in my Mind," Katherine Cone Gallery, LA, CA 2001 "Bruce Richards," Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA 2000 “Bruce Richards” The Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA 1999 "Bruce Richards," Grand Central Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA 1994 "Reflections and Revisitations," Mark Moore Gallery...

"Wyoming Gold", Large-Scale Abstract Geometric Modern Landscape Bold large scale abstracted landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Estate stamp on verso. Can be oriented ve...

Show Poster Monoprint (Works on Paper) - Vintage Latin American School Bold show poster by Latin American California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This p...

Jerry Ruthven (1947 - present) Austin Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 32 x 44 Medium: Oil Dated 1982 "Texas Hill Country Creek" Bio: Jerry ...

Primal Screams Juan Sánchez Juárez, Mexican (1946) Date: circa 1980 Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 48 x 60 in. (121.92 x 152.4 cm) Frame Size: 49 x 61 inches

Stones of the coast. oil on cardboard, 80x50 cm Information about artist: Janis Osis (1926.10.IV – 1991.22.VII) His first skills in art got at his uncle – painter A. Stunda. In 1951...

Bold and modern abstract geometric piece in gouache on paper, exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Gallery, by California artist Tony Ligamari (American, b.1952). Attr...

Nicole Guieu is a French painter of flowers, landscapes and marine scenes. Mostly painting in oils the artist was very effective in their use of think impasto paint, with contrasti...

Not all encounters turn out as they are expected too. Provenance Mercury gallery London Good condition, bar a small loss of paper bottom centre. see image. We believe this as from st...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This is an untitled still-life watercolor of a floral garden with poppy's, baby breaths and euphorbia by Stephanie Henderson née ...

Vintage American modernist abstract painting by Alice Makara. Oil on canvas, circa 1980. Signed on back. Unframed. Image size, 40"L x 36"H.

JOAN NELSON UNTITLED, 1984 egg tempera on masonite 24 x 18 in. 61 x 45.7 cm. signed and dated on verso landscape castle

Joseph Nechvatal The Oedipal God of Oil Paint and Destruction, Diptych Oil and screenprint on two canvases, 1985, both signed 'Joseph Nechvatal', titled and dated on the reverse, with label from Brooke Alexander, NY. Joseph James Nechvatal (born 15 January 1951) is a post-conceptual digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses. Joseph Nechvatal was born in Chicago. He studied fine art and philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Cornell University and Columbia University, where he studied with Arthur Danto while serving as the archivist to the minimalist composer La Monte Young. From 1979, he exhibited his work in New York City, primarily at Galerie Richard, Brooke Alexander Gallery and Universal Concepts Unlimited. He has also solo exhibited in Berlin, Paris, Chicago, Cologne, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Aalst, Belgium, Youngstown, Senouillac, Lund, Toulouse, Turin, Arles and Munich. His work in the early 1980s chiefly consisted of post minimalist gray graphite drawings that were often photo mechanically enlarged. During that period he was associated with the artist group Colab and helped establish the non-profit cultural space ABC No Rio. In 1983 he co-founded the avant-garde electronic art music audio project Tellus Audio Cassette...

Acrylic painting of white, red, and pink "Swingtime" varietal of fuchsia flowers, hanging from a vine on grey art board by Barbara Gibson (20th Century). Signed by the artist in the ...

Artist: Evelyne Brigeois – French/American (1946-2016) Title: Guanajuato Year: ca. 1980 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 20.5 x 14 inches. Matted size: 27.5 x 20 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good Unframed This watercolor is by Evelyne Brigeois (1946-2016) a very well-known Boise, Idaho artist. It depicts a beautiful window with flowers in pots in Guanajuato, Mexico. As with many of her paintings, Brigeois pays particular attention to light and shadow. The painting is in very good condition with no flaws to note. The painting is signed in the lower right corner and dated underneath the mat, “80.”. It is custom matted with three hinges on the top edge of the art. Born in France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois was an internationally acclaimed watercolor artist. Having grown up in a small town east of Paris, Brigeois was particularly drawn to places which seem to have preserved their timeless and peaceful aspect. Crisp precision, strong definition of light and shadow, and beautiful composition distinguish her images of the Greek Islands, Venice and France. Brigeois received many national awards, from the Louisiana Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan Watercolor...

Genre: Judaica Subject: Religious Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 20.5" x 16" Chaim Goldberg -- born in the Polish shtetl of Kazimierz Dolny Chaim Go...

Beautiful landscape oil painting depicting a red adobe house as the focal point with cactus, donkeys and trees surrounding. Signed "Higgins" lower right. Framed. Image, 9"H x 7"W. Elizabeth Higgins was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1960. As a Helena Rubenstein Award recipient, Higgins earned her MFA from Parsons School of Design, where she studied with Leland Bell, Paul Resika, Albert Kresch and Robert deNiro, Sr. Prior to coming to New York in 1983, Higgins received her BFA from Queen’s University, Canada, where she studied painting and printmaking with JC Heywood, Ralph Allen and David Andrew. Higgins’ solo shows include the Prince Street Gallery, New York, The Argazzi Gallery, Lakeville, CT and the Nancy Poole Studio, Toronto, Canada. Her group exhibitions include the 2022 show Light of Day – The Language of Landscape, Westbeth Gallery, NYC, Curated by Karen Wilkin. Also notable are her group shows at the Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME; Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT; Ingber Gallery, New York; the Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia; the Addison/Ripley Fine Art gallery, Washington, DC, the ART/PLACE gallery, Fairfield CT...

Bible motive. Oil on canvas, 80x40 cm

Magenta and Yellow Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper Abstract in bright colors on heavy grey paper by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th ...

Large Scale Bay Area Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with White, Blue, Red Dramatic large scale abstracted landscape with white, blue and red shapes by Erle Loran (American, 190...

oil on canvas signed and dated on reverse. Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wry wit and fearless color. His shrewd social observations often translate into eerily humorous figurative scenes and narratives. Mr. Basso’s works evoke a high level of inquiry. The fanciful, yet keenly observed characters are unpredictable and evocative. The viewer vacillates between surprise, delight, and consternation. .) Seeking emotional honesty, he looked to the work of several "mentors": Max Beckmann, Francisco Goya, Willem de Kooning , Philip Guston , Marsden Hartley and Albert Pinkham Ryder...